Cover for ironing-boards.



F. ROSS.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5,1915.

LlfifiQn Patented July 13, 1915.

Zi J. #2215 a.

- FRANCES ROSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COVER FOR IRONING-IBOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application filed May 5, 1915. Serial N 0. 26,011.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, FRANCES Ross, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers forIroning-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cover for ironing-boards and has for itsobject to produce a cover, which can be readily and firmly secured inplace and readily removed.

Heretofore it has been the custom to cover the ironing-board byfastening thereto by lacks an old blanket to serve as a pad, and then toprovide a proper ironing surface by wrapping about the padded boardapiece of sheeting which is held in place by tacks or safety-pins securedto the blanket. Various more or less complicated-devices, includinglacings, have also been proposed.

My invention provides a simpler, cheaper and more effective device inthat it consists of a bag whose sides are tapered to correspond to theshape of the ironing-board, having permanently formed within it asuitable pad, and provided with an overlap long enough to extend overthe wider end of the board. This overlap and the bottom portion of thebag are provided with cooperating fastening means such as tapes orbuttons or series of fasteners, so that when the bag is pulled up overthe board, the ironing surface with its underlying pad will be tightlystretched across the board, and when the fastening means are secured,the ironing-board will be provided with a securelyfastened smooth, soft,tightly-stretched ironing-surface.

The construction of my improved device will be readily understood fromthe draw-.

ings, in which,

Figure 1 is a back view, with the overlap open; Fig. 2 is a front viewof Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side View of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4: is a section onplane 44 of Fig. 1.

The upper or ironing surface portion A of the bag is made of muslin,sheeting, or any other desired material, and has an overlap portion B.Secured to the underside of the portion A,,and preferably also extend-111g under the overlap portion B, is a pad or cushion C, which mayconveniently be made of a qullted pad. This pad C is preferably made ofnearly the same shape, as to width and taper, as the ironing-board. Theback or pocket portion D is also secured at its edges to the pad C andis made of sufficient fullness to just receive the tapering ironingboardof the usual shape.

My device may be conveniently made by sewing both the back and upperportion of the device to the pad by a binding tape E and then turningthebag inside out, as in Fig. 4, in which the ironing-board F is shownin dotted lines. As shown by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, the bagis preferably made slightly longer than the board, so that suflicientplay is left to cause the tight stretching about the board of the bag,when the tapering board is pushed down into the tapering bag. It will benoted thatthe ironing surface portion A is separate from the pad C, butsecured thereto at its edges.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a tape G is secured to the inner side of theoverlap and another tape H is secured to the outer side of the backportion. Obviously any other adjustable fastening means, such as abutton clasp, instead of one tape, and a series of buttons instead ofthe other tape, may be,

used.

The operation of the device is as follows :The tapering ironing-board isinserted into the bag, which is. then pulled tightly over the board,thus, .because of the tapering shape of both board and bag, causing theironing surface A to be ti htly stretched over the board. The tapes andH are then tied and the ironing-board cover is securely held in place,with the pad covering the entireupper surface of the board with atightly-stretched overlying ironing surface.

The cover can be readily removed for cleaning and as readily againsecured in place.

I claim:

A cover for ironing-boards consisting of a tapering bag of the shape ofan ironingby When said securing means are engaged board, the bagcomprising an ironing-surthe bag is caused to snugly fit the ironingfaceportion having an overlap portion, a. board With the ironing surfaceportion m pocket-forming back portion, a pad secured "tightly stretchedthereoverl to the underside of the ironing-surface por- Intestimonywhereof I afiix my signature.

- tion, and securing means attached to the overlap portion and the backportion where- FRANCES ROSS.

